Yuanmousaurus

Taxobox
name = "Yuanmousaurus"
fossil_range = Middle Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = ?Euhelopodidae
genus = "Yuanmousaurus"
genus_authority = Lu "et al.", 2006
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Y. jingyiensis" Lu "et al.", 2006 (type)

"Yuanmousaurus" was a sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period of China. It is known from incomplete remains, but probably reached about 17 meters (56 ft) in length. The type species was "Yuanmousaurus jiangyiensis", described by Lu Junchang "et al". It is possibly related to "Euhelopus".

References

*Lu Junchang, Li Shaoxue, Ji Qiang, Wang Guofu, Zhang Jiahua & Dong Zhiming. (2006) "New eusauropod dinosaur from Yuanmou of Yunnan Province, China." "Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition" 80(1): 5-14.

External links

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